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Which phrase from the proposal is an example of understatement?

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A. The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one

million and a half...

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B. [I]t is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to

censure such a practice ſeating children], (although indeed very

unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty...

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C. Mothers ... sacrificing the poor innocent babes, I doubt, more to

avoid the expence than the shame, which would move tears and

pity in the most savage and inhuman breast.

D. The question therefore is, How this number (of children] shall be

reared, and provided for?

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Answer: B. [I]t is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to   censure such a practice ſeating children], (although indeed very

unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty.

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The phrase from the proposal, which is an example of understatement is, '[I]t is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice ſeating children], (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty.' Hence, option B holds true.

What is an understatement?

An understatement is a statement where the significance of the event being discussed in the sentence is more than the actual gravitas of the occurrence of such event.

The phrase given above is an example of understatement because the actual gravitas of the behavior of scrupulous people is describes as unjust and filled with cruelty.

Hence, option B holds true regarding an understatement.

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